6.  Every one fell into the water, and all were in the greatest danger of being drowned.

7.  Another boat was near, with but one man in it.  He hastened to them as quickly as possible, and saved them from drowning.

8.  Children should always be careful and quiet when they are in a boat on the water, and should obey what older people tell them.

LESSON XXXI.

Mary’s letter.

[Illustration:  Script Exercise: 

Forest Hill, June 25, 1878
My Dear Fanny: 
This morning while
out rowing, we all came near
being drowned.  Brother Ed, in
trying to take a stick from Tom
Reed, tripped and fell out of the
boat.  Papa and Mamma caught
at him to save him, and before
we knew it we were all in the
water.  The boat upset and how
we were all saved I can hardly
tell.  A man in another boat
which was near, picked us up. 
Had it not been for this, you
would to-day have no cousin. 
Mary Rose.

]

LESSON XXXII.

li’on bod’y stripes de light’ Eng’lish

prey ti’ger col’lar ti’gress fright’ful

seize chain un like’ swift’est an’i mals

roar gi’ant slight’est of’fi cers whisk’ers

[Illustration:  Tigress carrying cub away from tent.  Playing card scattered on ground.]

THE TIGER.

1.  The tiger is a giant cat.  His body is nearly covered with black stripes.

2.  Unlike the lion, he runs so fast that the swiftest horse can not overtake him.  He goes over the ground by making bounds or springs, one after another.

3.  By night, as well as by day, the tiger watches for his prey.  With a frightful roar, he will seize a man, and carry him off.

4.  Have you ever thought what use whiskers are to cats?  Lions have great whiskers, and so have tigers and all other animals of the cat kind.

5.  Whenever you find an animal with whiskers like the cat’s, you may be sure that animal steals softly among branches and thick bushes.

6.  By the slightest touch on the tiger’s whiskers, he knows when there is anything in his road.

7.  A few years ago, some English officers went out to hunt.  When coming home from their day’s sport, they found a little tiger kitten.

8.  They took it with them and tied it, with a collar and chain, to the pole of their tent.  It played about, to the delight of all who saw it.

9.  One evening, just as it was growing dark, they heard a sound that frightened them greatly.  It was the roar of a tiger.

10.  The kitten pulled at the chain, and tried to break away.  With a sharp cry, it answered the voice outside.

11.  All at once, a large tigress bounded into the middle of the tent.  She caught her kitten by the neck, and broke the chain which bound it.